Epistolary
[ɪ'pɪst(ə),lərɪ] or [ɪ'pɪstəlɛri]
Definition
(adj.) written in the form of or carried on by letters or correspondence; 'an endless sequence of epistolary love affairs'; 'the epistolatory novel' .
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Definition
(a.) Pertaining to epistles or letters; suitable to letters and correspondence; as, an epistolary style.
(a.) Contained in letters; carried on by letters.
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Examples
- What estimate did she form of Dr. John Bretton's epistolary powers? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- My aunt had written her one of the odd, abrupt notes--very little longer than a Bank note--to which her epistolary efforts were usually limited. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- But it may be seriously questioned whether in the aggregate Edison's visitors are less numerous or less time-consuming than his epistolary besiegers. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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